Introduction Session 1 This presentation contains material from: World Vision 2013, paper to phones guide Smap Consulting 2013.

Introduction

Session 1

This presentation contains material from:• World Vision 2013, paper to phones guide• Smap Consulting 2013

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Course Objective

• Objective– Know how to create and modify survey forms– able to collect data using the phones– Able to analyse the data– Be able to manage an assessment conducted using phones– Become comfortable with using Android phones and getting a data connection

• Approach– “Do to learn” using exercises. – Prior to each exercise key material will be introduced and its use demonstrated– There will also be new material that will be shown in the demonstration but not

explained until later in the course– Hence you will probably need to ask questions in order to complete each

exercise

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Session Objective

• For me to understand your expectations for the course and how you see mobile phones can be used for assessments and monitoring

• Introduce you to assessments using mobile phones

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SELF INTRODUCTIONS

Basic

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Self Introductions

• Who you are• The experience you have with Mobile Phones in Assessments• What value or problems they may cause• Expectations for the course• I shall provide you with a user id and password for use on the

course

Smap Consulting

• Working with World Vision since 2008 on collecting data with mobile phones

• Also working with:– Oxfam– Monash University– University of Zambia

• DME / Baseline surveys• Rapid Assessments• The phones have been used in

approximately 30 countries

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OVERVIEW

Basic

•Fewer trees killed•Less to carry around •More precise—don’t have to decipher handwriting•Ability to use questionnaire in multiple languages•Data entry instant—huge time saver; no entry errors.•No need for internet or network connectivity while in the field—can conduct surveys in remote areas. •One phone can hold thousands of surveys (with limited photo and video)•Surveys can be uploaded from any location, which means enumerators can be spread out across a large geographic area and all their surveys could be uploaded to one server and combined into one worksheet for analysis back at headquarters. •Ability to create maps•Ability to use photos and videos as a part of a survey.

Why would anyone want to move from a paper survey to

a smart phone survey?

(c) World Vision 2013 ONE: Why use smart phones for surveys 8

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So the real question is:

Why wouldn’t anyone want to move from a

paper survey to a smart phone

survey?!(c) World Vision 2013

Server

(4) Complete surveys

Analyst

(3) Download Form

(5) UploadResults

(6) Results

(2)Upload Form

Process

(1) Create Form(7) Analyse Results

Enumerator

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Create form and analyse results

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Server

http://xxx.smap.com.au

Only Chrome and Firefox are currently supportedJavascript must be enabled in your browser for the above site

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Phones – Androids, FieldTask

Huawei Y300 Samsung Galaxy Mini

Must have an sdcard

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A survey consists of

• A main form containing–Questions–Optionally one or more sub-forms which:• Can be asked multiple times during a single

interview (for example once for each member of the household)• Questions• Optionally one or more sub-forms

Groups do not change the structure of a survey and hence does not change the results

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Demonstration – End to End

Creating a new survey, completing it on an Android phone and

viewing the results in a spreadsheet.

http://youtu.be/gRnoIfEdM4U 7.:57 Minutes

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Exercise: complete the survey

• Get fieldTask, In your browser enter:– The address of the server

• Start fieldTask• Menu | Settings

– url: The address of the server– Your username– Your password

• Menu | Get Forms• Menu | Start Survey• Menu | Submit Finished Data

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Demonstration – Web Forms

Completing a survey on Web Forms (iPad, laptop, any device

with a modern browser)

http://youtu.be/Hlu1Q5-Nl7w 0:54 Minutes

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SMAP FEATURES

Advanced

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Geo-Spatial

• Smap stores all of its data in a relational database with geospatial extensions PostGIS

• This allows geospatial queries to be made on the data– For example: Find the closest survey point to this road.

• Data can be exported in geospatial formats such as ESRI shape files

• GIS systems can connect directly to the Smap database and can be used to perform geospatial analysis on the data

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ODK AND JAVA ROSA

Advanced

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Java-Rosa and ODK compatibility

• Smap, mostly, conforms to the standard interfaces specified by these open source projects

• This allows other tools that conform to these standards to be used interchangeably with Smap

• Some examples– odkCollect, the ODK android client works can be used instead of fieldTask– Smap uses the ODK xlsform tool to transform survey definitions in a

spreadsheet format into Xforms used on the phones

• Other tools could be used although they may require some adjustments to be made to the Smap Server– J2ME data collection tools– ODK Briefcase

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ODK Community

• Because we use the ODK spreadsheet editor for creating surveys you can subscribe to the ODK group and learn a lot about survey editing from the experiences and questions of others

• You can also contribute your expertise back to this group• Website: http://opendatakit.org/• Discussion group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/

opendatakit

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REFERENCES

Basic

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Contact Me

• Neil Penman• [email protected]• Skype: ianaf4you• Phone: +61 402 975 959

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Additional Resources

• http://blog.smap.com.au– Description of features– Announcement of new features– Survey Related Information– Frequently Asked Questions

• https://smap-suite.googlecode.com/files/survey%20edit%20reference.pdf

• Other external resources for survey editing– http://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/xlsform/– http://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/binding/– http://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/examples/